Am I the only beginner who thinks too many tutorials skip the boring parts?

Last month I was following a Python course on YouTube and the guy just said 'and here we import the library' without explaining how he even knew to install it. I sat there for 20 minutes trying to figure out why my code wouldn't run. When I asked in the comments, someone told me to just Google it, which was not helpful at all. Has anyone else run into instructors who assume you already know the setup steps?

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stone.thomas1h ago

The whole skipping-the-boring-parts thing isn't just a tutorial problem, it's everywhere now. Been trying to fix my car's bluetooth system and every YouTube video starts with "first, remove the dash panel" without showing you that the panel has three hidden screws behind the glovebox. Reminds me of those recipe blogs where the author tells you about their vacation for five paragraphs before admitting you need a special pan from a store that closed in 2019. People assume the boring stuff is obvious but it's where beginners get stuck and give up. That's probably why half those courses have thousands of views but only a hundred people finished them.

seanh9153m ago

That hits close to home because I once spent two hours trying to follow a "simple" guitar tutorial and then realized the guy had a capo on the fifth fret the whole time without mentioning it. I felt like such a fool staring at my fingers not making the right sounds. Its like the people making these things forget what it felt like to be a beginner and just skip the stuff that actually matters. I bet half of those course creators would fail their own tutorials if they had to start from scratch tomorrow.